10100:110101

I had listed that I am a programmer on my profile, and I got an excellent and absolutely awesome gift!

My santa may not have know anything about computer programming, but I surely beg to differ! I received a Powers of 2 BCD clock. This is a clock that tells the time by lighting up LED's based upon the binary number system for the time.

So, my title above for example is:

16 8 4 2 1
1 0 1 0 0

At that point you add up the ones that are lit up:

16 + 4 = 20

32 16 8 4 2 1
1 1 0 1 0 1

32 + 16 + 4 + 1 = 53

So at the time that I started this post it was 20:53 (I took the pictures earlier when I got home).

Binary is almost second nature to me as I have programmed many different micro controllers where bit twiddling was necessary.

Now, I am not sure if this is true for most other computer programmers, but I have a slight obsession with time keeping pieces. Anything that keeps time is awesome. I've got many a different watch with different functionalities, I have different clocks, I have a clock on my Touchpad next to me on my night stand. I didn't own this clock yet, so it is perfect!